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Rambo and the Mean Girl
The Republican Party convention in St. Paul gave us two American film narratives in an attempt to shift the national political debate away from issues […]
US Raid on Pakistan leaves 30 Dead; Pakistan Government Protests; 3 Canadian Troops killed in Afghanistan
US ground troops conducted a raid into Pakistan’s tribal areas leaving an estimated 20 dead. The governor of the North-West Frontier Province, Owais Ahmed Ghani, […]
7 Killed by US in FriendlyFire; China Deal to Gross $55 bn for Iraq
The US killed 7 Iraqi troops in a friendly fire incident on Wednesday. What do you want to bet the incident gets brought up at […]
Noonan on Palin: They Blew It!
One thing is what conservative pundits are saying in public about the McCain-Palin ticket. Another thing is what they think in private. Thanks to an […]
Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad kill 11; Maliki’s Conflict with Kurds Deepens; Anbar Sheikhs Angered by US Handover
DPA reports that “Seven people were killed in a car bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul city Tuesday . . . a suicide […]
CNN Does its Job, McCain Punishes It
Campbell Brown of CNN asks McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds some hard questions about Sarah Palin’s national security experience and refuses to let him get away […]
Amy Goodman Manhandled, Arrested for Protesting Arrest of News Staff
Thousands of protesters rallied against the Iraq War at the Republican Convention on Monday. The thousands of protesters were almost all peaceful. I had US […]
US Turns over Al-Anbar; Is al-Maliki Too Cocky?
The US has handed over security duties in al-Anbar Province to Iraqi troops and police. Maj. Gen. John Kelly warns,however,that al-Anbar needs an infusion from […]
Mills: The Dangerous Myth of Energy Independence
Robin M. Mills writes in an op-ed for IC A pernicious myth has recently re-emerged: that oil is ‘running out’, that global production will soon […]
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